TABLE
COLIFORM CONTENT IN WATER SAMPLE
(colonies/100 ml water)
BIKINI ISLAND
School Cistern
Sample 2 and 3 (duplicates)
#2 - 65-70 definite colonies/100 mi
#3 - approximately 50 definite colonies/100 ml
Building 8 Cistern
70-80 definite colonies/100 mi
clean background plate - 0 colonies
HFH-7 (old well site
previously used to
Supplement cistern
water supply during
dry season)
HFH-1 (emplaced in
1975)
3 samples shawed greater than 100 definite colonies/
100 mi
2 samples -
no definite indication of colonies
ENEU ISLAND
Mess Hall South
Cistern
3 samples - 45-50 colonies/100 ml in each
FWR 4 (existing
Sample 1 - 12-14 definite colonies (contamination
expected)
ground water well
supplying village
area when used 2-3
families now use this
supply)
FWR 5 (emplaced in
#2 - 5-6 probable but identification difficult
#3 - no definite indication of colonies
1977)
no large colonies but 3 plates covered with 25-30
tiny dark, red droplets (identification unknown)
FWR 6 (emplaced in
1-2 probable colonies/100 mi
1977)
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